The Rocks of Valpre is a 1935 British crime film directed by Henry Edwards and starring John Garrick, Winifred Shotter and Leslie Perrins. The film was made at Twickenham Studios. It was based on the 1913 novel of the same name by Ethel M. Dell, and was released in the U.S. as High Treason. The film is set in the mid-nineteenth century with plot elements resembling the later Dreyfus Case. Plot summary While staying in a small French coastal town, a young English woman falls in love with a French cavalry officer. Their romance is dramatically cut short when she is sent back to England to finish her education in a convent, while he is wrongly accused of being a spy by a rival officer and sentenced to imprisonment on Devil's Island. She settles down to a comfortable and respectable marriage with a wealthy Englishman. Ten years later, however, she is threatened with blackmail, and her former lover escapes from Devil's Island to come to her aid. Seriously ill from his time on the penal colony, he dies shortly afterwards. Cast John Garrick as Louis de Monteville Winifred Shotter as Christine Wyndham Leslie Perrins as Captain Rodolphe Michael Shepley as Trevor Mordaunt Lewis Shaw as Noel Wyndham Athene Seyler as Aunt Philippa Agnes Imlay as Madamoiselle Gautier Critical reception TV Guide dismissed it as a "Sappy drama." See also The Rocks of Valpre (1919) References External links 1935 films 1935 crime films 1930s historical films British historical films British crime films Films directed by Henry Edwards Films set in the 19th century Films set in France Films set in England British black-and-white films Films based on works by Ethel M. Dell Films based on British novels Remakes of British films Sound film remakes of silent films Films shot at Twickenham Film Studios 1930s English-language films 1930s British films